Re: [Leica] HP Photosmart -opinions?

[Steve Hickel <smhickel@x2.alliance.net>]

Ken,

I think some of us, me, would be interested to hear how you got shots of
Justice Warren and Mrs. Nixon. It seems you were a Time magazine
photographer? I liked the photo of the Japanese Sailor. This reminds me of
my reserve Navy duty in Pearl Harbor around the time of Tail-hook. I got up
to jog around Pearl Harbor. I worked my way down to the pier. It was Sunday
morning around 7:00am. I looked over at two destroyers parked at the pier.
I noticed two rising suns off the fantails, one on each of the two ships. I
thought, "who would have ever thought we would see this any time soon after
WWII?" There they were though, clean, fully equipped Japanese destroyers
docked at the pier in Pearl Harbor over 40 years after the day of infamy
(hope I have my history correct)and on a Sunday morning. 

Steve

At 12:04 PM 2/10/98 +0100, you wrote:
>LUGers,
>I got the mail below, and after checking Kenneth's images, I think they are
>of high quality, as well as the fact that Kenneth is a very good
>photographer. The price for the HP Photosmart scanner in Sweden is 3.905 Skr
>(~$480), and I am very tempted to order one.
>My question is: -I know that lots of LUGers are using film scanners, what do
>you think of this one, compared to more expensive ones? (This one has 2.400
>dpi and 30 bits color)
>/Hans
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>Below is Kenneth's letter and URL:
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>Mr. Pahlen,
>I found and liked your Web site some months ago. So, I thought I
>should send you an e-mail.
>I recently purchased the Hewlett-Packard PhotoSmart slide and negative
>scanner. I am very impressed by the quality of the digital images this
>machine produces.
>But, what strikes me even more is the quality of Leica lenses. As I
>picked out slides and negatives to scan, it turns out that nearly
>every photo I like was shot on a Leica.
>I invite you to visit my Web page of sample scans, at:
>http://www.sna.com/smith/photos
>This makes me want to own Leica again. I lost my M4 and M2, and five
>lenses, to a thief 15 years ago, and I've never replaced them. I now
>own a Nikon N70, but just is not the same.
>Ken Smith
>Sacramento, California
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